Psalms 7
7
PSALM 7
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord,
concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.
1O Lord my God, in thee do I
my confidence repose:
Save and deliver me from all
my persecuting foes;
2Lest that the enemy my soul
should, like a lion, tear,
In pieces rending it, while there
is no deliverer.
3O Lord my God, if it be so
that I committed this;
If it be so that in my hands
iniquity there is:
4If I rewarded ill to him
that was at peace with me;
(Yea, ev'n the man that without cause
my foe was I did free;)
5Then let the foe pursue and take
my soul, and my life thrust
Down to the earth,
and let him lay mine honour in the dust.
6Rise in thy wrath, Lord, raise thyself,
for my foes raging be;
And, to the judgment which thou hast
commanded, wake for me.
7So shall th' assembly of thy folk
about encompass thee:
Thou, therefore, for their sakes, return
unto thy place on high.
8The Lord he shall the people judge:
my judge, JEHOVAH, be,
After my righteousness, and mine
integrity in me.
9O let the wicked's malice end;
but stablish stedfastly
The righteous: for the righteous God
the hearts and reins doth try.
10In God, who saves th' upright in heart,
is my defence and stay.
11God just men judgeth, God is wroth
with ill men ev'ry day.
12If he do not return again,
then he his sword will whet;
His bow he hath already bent,
and hath it ready set:
13He also hath for him prepar'd
the instruments of death;
Against the persecutors he
his shafts ordained hath.
14Behold, he with iniquity
doth travail, as in birth;
A mischief he conceived hath,
and falsehood shall bring forth.
15He made a pit and digg'd it deep,
another there to take;
But he is fall'n into the ditch
which he himself did make.
16Upon his own head his mischief
shall be returned home;
His vi'lent dealing also down
on his own pate shall come.
17According to his righteousness
the Lord I'll magnify;
And will sing praise unto the name
of God that is most high.
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Psalms 7
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‘The Erring One,’ by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite.
1O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.
2Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.
3O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
4If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,
5An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah.
6Rise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded:
7And a company of peoples compass Thee, And over it on high turn Thou back,
8 Jehovah doth judge the peoples; Judge me, O Jehovah, According to my righteousness, And according to mine integrity on me,
9Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.
10My shield [is] on God, Saviour of the upright in heart!
11God [is] a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.
12If [one] turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden — He prepareth it,
13Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh.
14Lo, he travaileth [with] iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood.
15A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.
16Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
17I thank Jehovah, According to His righteousness, And praise the name of Jehovah Most High!
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